The B-2 can carry the B61 and B83 nuclear bombs. The B-52, meanwhile, can carry a variety of air-launched cruise missiles outfitted with nuclear warheads, such as the AGM-86B and the AGM-129.

For example, the United States developed a triad of nuclear delivery systems—land-based missiles, sea-based missiles, and long-range bombers—each functionally independent from the other.

The U.S. Nuclear triad is a set of three delivery systems that are ready at a moment's notice to deliver our nuclear arsenal. Here's how that works.

Few outside the nuclear cognoscenti are asking these questions, but as America’s annual national security budget has passed $1 trillion, and as the demand swells for more conventional weapons ...

Traditionally, NATO ’ s “ nuclear triad” referred to the ability to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea, and air. Today, a new triad is needed to match modern threats: 1.

Traditionally, NATO ’ s “ nuclear triad” referred to the ability to deliver nuclear weapons by land, sea, and air. Today, a new triad is needed to match modern threats: 1.